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Mission of Gravity

By Hal Clement

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| Hardcover | 9780899683362

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For a profit -- and adventure -- Barlennan would sail thousands of miles across uncharted waters, into regions where gravity itself played strange tricks. He would dare the perils of strange tribes and stranger creatures -- even dicker with those strange aliens from beyond the skies, though the concContinue

For a profit -- and adventure -- Barlennan would sail thousands of miles across uncharted waters, into regions where gravity itself played strange tricks. He would dare the perils of strange tribes and stranger creatures -- even dicker with those strange aliens from beyond the skies, though the concept of another world was unknown to the inhabitants of the disk-shaped planet of Mesklin.
But in spite of the incredible technology of the strangers and without regard for their enormous size, Barlennan had the notion of turning the deal to an unsuspected advantage for himself . . . all in all a considerable enterprise for a being very much resembling a fifteen-inch caterpillar!
This book also contains Hal Clement's classic article "Whiligig World."

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  • mesklin

    The setting of this book is truly original. Mesklin, a supergiant planet with a very heavy gravity, rotating so fast that the centripetal force almost equates the gravity near the equator, where the weight is "only" three or four times that we experience on our green earth. In the polar regions, how ... (continue)

    The setting of this book is truly original. Mesklin, a supergiant planet with a very heavy gravity, rotating so fast that the centripetal force almost equates the gravity near the equator, where the weight is "only" three or four times that we experience on our green earth. In the polar regions, however, the centripetal force is reduced to almost nothing, and thus the gravity strikes at full 700g.
    Surprisingly enough the planet supports intelligent life. The Mesklenites are truly amazing beings and you'll love them. Even if you do not love insects as a rule.

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